Akin osuntokun biography of rory

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The other weight on Akintola Osuntokun’s shoulder is that he comes from a family of major figures in Nigerian history. He was the Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo between 1999 and 2007. And he has learnt, over the years, not to give Ronke any undue stress. On his birthday, on November 24, Osuntokun danced, most of the time to the Balogun beat: the traditional, drum sequence that calls out the Balogun of Okemesi, to remind him that it was time to go to war.

I eventually got drawn into students’ politics. He is a strategist, researcher, administrator, journalist and writer, with experience in media advocacy, policy research and implementation and political analysis.

In 1999, Akin Osuntokun was appointed the Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo. I don’t know how they do it these days, but in our time, you couldn’t just go to a man’s house to visit his daughter.

Mr. Ibru had one talent: he could spot talent from a thousand miles away. He is 61 years old.

Career

Osuntokun, a former managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria, directed the People’s Democratic Party’s presidential campaign in 2011 and served as political adviser to former president Olusegun Obasanjo.

No level of education can displace genetics, or stop these people my Egba progenitors refer to as Ara Oke from being who they are. A loyal party man and a die-hard PDP politician, Osuntokun was the Director of the PDP 2007 Presidential Campaign, the campaign that brought President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to power. Osuntokun sees himself as a warrior.

I was Secretary-General of Obafemi Awolowo Hall. He set up what became known as the Progressive Action Movement (PAM), a platform for young people who wanted to take over Nigeria and make a difference. But he is an all-round jolly good fellow. Congratulations.